| FIS Nordic World Ski Championships | |
|---|---|
 Gold medal | |
| Status | active |
| Genre | sporting event |
| Date | February–March |
| Frequency | biennial (since 1985) |
| Location | various |
| Inaugurated | 1925 (1925) |
| Organised by | FIS |
TheFIS Nordic World Ski Championships is a biennialNordic skiing event organized by theInternational Ski Federation (FIS). The World Championships was started in 1925 for men and opened for women's participation in 1954. World Championship events include Nordic skiing's three disciplines:cross-country skiing,ski jumping, andNordic combined (the latter being a combination sport consisting of both cross-country and ski jumping). TheWinter Olympics from1924 to1980 were also the Nordic World Ski Championships (except in the Nordic combined events). This meant that the Olympic champions were also World champions and received an additional medal from the International Ski Federation (FIS). Since 1985, the World Championships have been held in odd-numbered years.
The first Nordic Skiing World Championships were held inChamonix in1924, as part of the first Winter Olympics, which were only later recognized as such.[1][2] The competitions took place annually until 1939. From 1925 to 1927, the FIS referred to the events asRendezvous races, while in the years after that until 1935 they were held asFIS races. Since 1937, the competitions have had the official title ofFIS Nordic World Ski Championships. Until the1980 Winter Olympics, the Olympic champions were also World champions, except in Nordic combined events.
The 1940 Nordic World Ski Championships were canceled due to the war, but this was also criticized at the time. The Italian winter sports resort ofCortina d'Ampezzo organized the1941 Nordic World Ski Championships. However, the FIS subsequently declared these invalid at a congress in Pau in 1946, so that the medals awarded lost their official status and were no longer counted.[3]
With the1984 Winter Olympics, the rule that the Olympic winners were also World champions was finally abandoned. Since 1985, the Nordic World Ski Championships have taken place in odd-numbered years, independently of the Winter Olympics, in order to avoid an overlap with the Olympics.
The1980 and1984 World Championships consisted of a total of only three events; women's 20 km cross-country (1980), ski-jumping team event and Nordic combined team event (both 1984). These events were not held in the1980 Winter Olympics and1984 Winter Olympics and therefore got their own World Championships.
The following list shows when new events were added for the first time:
Table updated after the2025 Championships.
The medals won at the 13 Winter Olympics (from 1924 through 1980) are not included into this table.
The medals won at the para cross-country events (in 2025) are also not included.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Norway | 184 | 141 | 132 | 457 |
| 2 |  Finland | 63 | 74 | 70 | 207 |
| 3 |  Sweden | 58 | 53 | 58 | 169 |
| 4 |  Germany | 39 | 53 | 33 | 125 |
| 5 |  Soviet Union | 36 | 32 | 24 | 92 |
| 6 |  Austria | 28 | 33 | 42 | 103 |
| 7 |  Russia | 26 | 32 | 31 | 89 |
| 8 |  East Germany | 12 | 15 | 11 | 38 |
| 9 |  Poland | 12 | 7 | 13 | 32 |
| 10 |  Italy | 11 | 24 | 24 | 59 |
| 11 |  Japan | 11 | 14 | 21 | 46 |
| 12 |  Slovenia | 8 | 5 | 9 | 22 |
| 13 |  United States | 8 | 5 | 7 | 20 |
| 14 |  Czechoslovakia | 7 | 12 | 11 | 30 |
| 15 |  France | 6 | 4 | 15 | 25 |
| 16 |  Switzerland | 4 | 7 | 10 | 21 |
| 17 | West Germany | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 18 | Czech Republic | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 |
| 19 |  Estonia | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| 20 |  Kazakhstan | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 21 |  Canada | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 22 |  Russian Ski Federation | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 23 |  Spain | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 24 |  Yugoslavia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 |  Belarus | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Slovakia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 27 |  Ukraine | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (27 entries) | 532 | 532 | 531 | 1,595 | |
Boldface denotes active athletes and highest medal count among all athletes (including these who not included in these tables) per type.
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Gender | Discipline | From | To | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marit Bjørgen | Norway | F | Cross-country skiing | 2003 | 2017 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 26 |
| 2 | Johannes Høsflot Klæbo | Norway | M | Cross-country skiing | 2017 | 2025 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 18 |
| 3 | Therese Johaug | Norway | F | Cross-country skiing | 2007 | 2025 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 23 |
| 4 | Yelena Välbe | Soviet Union Russia | F | Cross-country skiing | 1989 | 1997 | 14 | 3 | – | 17 |
| 5 | Petter Northug | Norway | M | Cross-country skiing | 2007 | 2015 | 13 | 3 | – | 16 |
| 6 | Larisa Lazutina (Ptitsyna) | Soviet Union Russia | F | Cross-country skiing | 1987 | 2001 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 16 |
| 7 | Jarl Magnus Riiber | Norway | M | Nordic combined | 2019 | 2025 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 15 |
| 8 | Bjørn Dæhlie | Norway | M | Cross-country skiing | 1991 | 1999 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 17 |
| 9 | Thomas Morgenstern | Austria | M | Ski jumping | 2005 | 2013 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
| 10 | Eric Frenzel | Germany | M | Nordic combined | 2011 | 2023 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 18 |
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Discipline | From | To | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johannes Høsflot Klæbo | Norway | Cross-country skiing | 2017 | 2025 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| 2 | Petter Northug | Norway | Cross-country skiing | 2009 | 2015 | 7 | 2 | – | 9 |
| 3 | Jarl Magnus Riiber | Norway | Nordic combined | 2019 | 2025 | 6 | 1 | – | 7 |
| 4 | Bjørn Dæhlie | Norway | Cross-country skiing | 1991 | 1999 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
| 5 | Gunde Svan | Sweden | Cross-country skiing | 1985 | 1991 | 5 | 2 | – | 7 |
| 6 | Vladimir Smirnov | Soviet Union Kazakhstan | Cross-country skiing | 1989 | 1995 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 7 | Mika Myllylä | Finland | Cross-country skiing | 1995 | 1999 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 8 | Ronny Ackermann | Germany | Nordic combined | 2001 | 2007 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Adam Małysz | Poland | Ski jumping | 2001 | 2011 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| 10 | Eric Frenzel | Germany | Nordic combined | 2011 | 2019 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Johannes Rydzek | Germany | Nordic combined | 2011 | 2017 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Discipline | From | To | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marit Bjørgen | Norway | Cross-country skiing | 2003 | 2017 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 17 |
| 2 | Therese Johaug | Norway | Cross-country skiing | 2007 | 2025 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 17 |
| 3 | Yelena Välbe | Soviet Union Russia | Cross-country skiing | 1989 | 1997 | 10 | 2 | – | 12 |
| 4 | Larisa Lazutina (Ptitsyna) | Soviet Union Russia | Cross-country skiing | 1987 | 2001 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 5 | Bente Skari (Martinsen) | Norway | Cross-country skiing | 1999 | 2003 | 5 | – | – | 5 |
| 6 | Stefania Belmondo | Italy | Cross-country skiing | 1991 | 1999 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 7 | Alevtina Kolchina | Soviet Union | Cross-country skiing | 1958 | 1966 | 4 | 1 | – | 5 |
| 8 | Ebba Andersson | Sweden | Cross-country skiing | 2021 | 2025 | 4 | – | 3 | 7 |
| 9 | Galina Kulakova | Soviet Union | Cross-country skiing | 1970 | 1980 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 10 | Gyda Westvold Hansen | Norway | Nordic combined | 2021 | 2025 | 3 | 1 | – | 4 |
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